To address continued pressures in global US dollar funding markets, the temporary
reciprocal currency arrangements (swap lines) between the Federal Reserve
and other central banks, including the Reserve Bank of Australia, have been
extended to 30 October 2009. The extension currently applies to swap lines
between the Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Banco
Central do Brasil, the Bank of Canada, Danmarks Nationalbank, the Bank of
England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Korea, the Banco de Mexico,
the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Norges Bank, the Monetary Authority
of Singapore, the Sveriges Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank. The Bank
of Japan will consider the extension at its next Monetary Policy Meeting.